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By nickg

Mon, 13 Sep 2004
  • 427 reads
 

The city is the long
Black heart of a promise
A never-ending lie,
And a jar of broken dreams

Roaring, and rolling, cascading,
And shitting,
And swimming with souls
Stillborn in the heat

Certificate PG
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